ANOTHER STARK INNOVATION Billionaire playboy and genius industrialist Tony Stark was kidnapped during a routine weapons test. His captors attempted to force him to build a weapon of mass destruction. Instead he created a powered suit of armor that saved his life. From that day on, he used the suit to protect the world as the invincible Avenger IRON MAN. FRIDAY’S LOG: RECENTLY COMPLETED AGENDA ITEMS: • FAKE YOUR OWN DEATH TO INFILTRATE A JAPANESE TERRORIST CELL. • KIDNAP THE NEW INHUMAN KNOWN AS ULYSSES WHO CLAIMS HE CAN SEE THE FUTURE AND FIND OUT HOW HE DOES IT. IN-PROGRESS AGENDA ITEMS: • APOLOGIZE TO YOUR INVESTORS AND AMARA FOR FAKING YOUR OWN DEATH. • RESPOND TO PRESS CONCERNS THAT YOU’RE PLANNING TO START A WAR WITH CAPTAIN MARVEL OVER ULYSSES. • TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT RHODEY’S DEATH BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING STUPID (I MEAN IT, TONY). BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS WRITER MIKE DEODATO ARTIST FRANK MARTIN COLOR ARTIST VC’S CLAYTON COWLES LETTERER & PRODUCTION MIKE DEODATO & FRANK MARTIN COVER ARTISTS BRANDON PETERSON VARIANT COVER ARTIST ALANNA SMITH ASSISTANT EDITOR TOM BREVOORT EDITOR AXEL ALONSO EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER DAN BUCKLEY PUBLISHER ALAN FINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IRON MAN CREATED BY STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, DON HECK AND JACK KIRBY INVINCIBLE IRON MAN No. 12, October 2016. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2016 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO INVINCIBLE IRON MAN, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. ALAN FINE, President, Marvel Entertainment; DAN BUCKLEY, President, TV, Publishing & Brand Management; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Offi cer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Integrated Sales Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 07/08/2016 and 07/19/2016 by QUAD/GRAPHICS WASECA, WASECA, MN, USA. .